title: Prevalence of vascular complications in untreated diabetics with obesity during an 18 year period.
abstract: Prevalence of vascular complications in newly diagnosed untreated diabetic patients with obesity was studied over a period of 18 years. A total of 742 patients including 241 subjects with obesity (BMI greater than 25) were analyzed. Obese patients showed higher serum cholesterol and triglyceride and lower HDL-cholesterol levels than non-obese patients. Average prevalence of obesity is shown to be 32.5% with higher prevalence in women (37.8%) than in men (28.3%, P less than 0.01). No definite change is found in yearly prevalence throughout the observation period. Ischemic ECG findings and hypertension were observed more frequently in obese (35.8% and 34.9%, respectively) than in non-obese (25.2%, P less than 0.02; 24.5%, P less than 0.01, respectively) subjects, while diabetic retinopathy was less in obese patients (P less than 0.05). The prevalence of proteinuria was almost the same in obese and non-obese groups. These results coincide with the general concept that obesity may be responsible for the development of macroangiopathy in diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Itami City Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Okuno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kawakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tako
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity; D015995:Prevalence; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications